Loretta Lynn

Coal Miner’s Daughter

Coal Miner's Daughter is Loretta Lynn’s sixteenth solo studio album, released 4 January 1971 by Decca Records. Five of its eleven tracks were recorded earlier for other albums, including the title song, cut 1 October 1969. It was recorded across four sessions at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, produced by Owen Bradley, engineered by Jim Williamson, and mastered by Darrell Johnson. The ensemble features steel guitar, Dobro, banjo, multiple bass players, and The Jordanaires’ background vocals. The title track reached No. 1 on the Billboard Country Chart in 1970 and became Lynn’s first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 (No. 83). It inspired her 1976 autobiography and the 1980 Oscar-winning film.